Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture

The Hugh Jones Memorial Lecture is named in honor of Judge Hugh R. Jones, a former Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals.  Judge Jones was a leader in efforts to improve the courts.  He served as Chair of the Commission on Judicial Nomination; Chair of the Temporary State Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Compensation; Chair of the Select Committee on Correctional Institutions and Programs; President of the New York State Bar Association; and Director of the Committee for Modern Courts.

Judge Jones also authored a leading article on judging, Cogitations on Appellate Decision-Making. The Judge Hugh Jones Memorial Lecture is intended to honor Judge Jones by promoting research and writing on issues affecting the judiciary.

The annual lecture is co-sponsored by Albany Law School and held in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom. Albany law students attend the lecture to engage them in the history of the Court of Appeals.

Past Speakers
2011	Hon. Sol Wachtler Chief Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2010	Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2009	Hon. George Bundy Smith Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2007	Hon. Richard J. Bartlett Former Chief Administrator Judge for the State of New York
2006	Joseph W. Bellacosa Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2005	Richard D. Simons Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2004	Stewart F. Hancock, Jr. Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2003	Howard A. Levine Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2002	Richard C. Wesley Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

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